Crossfire 5.5 is the first mobile application development tool to provide Visual C# development for Palm OS, Pocket PC, and Symbian devices, AppForge said. Previous versions relied on Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual Studio .Net.
With Crossfire's support for radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, developers can now use Visual Basic or Visual C# to create barcode or RFID applications for industrial mobile devices.
Other new Crossfire 5.5 features include support for Microsoft Windows-based Smartphone devices, the Motorola A1000 smartphone, and Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition features such as landscape mode. With cross-platform support for over 300 mobile devices, Crossfire effectively "future-proofs" companies against rising device diversity in the enterprise, AppForge said.
In addition to Microsoft Visual Basic .Net 2003, Visual C#, or Visual Studio .Net 2003, Crossfire 5.5 requires a 450MHz Pentium II processor, 96MB of RAM, 100MB of hard drive space, and Windows 2000, 2000 Professional, 2000 Server, XP Home, or XP Professional. The development platform will be available November 1 for a price of $1,000.
